The Stalking of Rosa Czekov by Lois Elsden

Radwinter, how it started and where it’s going!

Writing by LoisMarch 30, 2017September 15, 2018

Farholm, five years on

Writing by LoisMarch 13, 2017

The Easthope stories by LoisJanuary 23, 2017September 13, 2018

Over the last few weeks I have shared excerpts from my novels about Thomas Radwinter who traces his family history, and then later investigates other people’s stories, and not just genealogical ones, but mysteries in their everyday lives. Over the next month I am sharing excerpts from my other novels; this is the opening chapters of ‘The Stalking of […]

Thinking about blurbs…

Writing by LoisDecember 16, 2016September 14, 2018

Writing by LoisApril 20, 2012September 13, 2018

Paring and pruning

I am continuing to edit ‘The Stalking of Rosa Czekov’. I’m about half way through reading it out loud to myself, cutting out repetitions… of which I seem particularly fond. When I write I have a commentary running in my head which is in normal spoken English with sentences beginning with ‘and’ and ‘but’, words repetitive for audible emphasis as one would in […]